Amelia County Militia, 1758 Transcribed from: Hening, William Waller 1820 The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All The Laws Of Virginia From The First Session Of The Legislature, In the Year 1619. Volume VII. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia. -------------------------------------- September 1758 - 32d George II. CHAP. 1. An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, for the better protection of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers of this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned. XXII. And whereas divers companies of the militia of the several counties of Prince William, Fairfax, and Culpeper, were lately drawn out into actual service for the defence and protection of the frontier of this colony, against the incursions and depredations of the French, and their Indian allies, whose names and the time they respectively continued in the said service, are contained in a certain schedule to this act annexed, and it is just and necessary that they should be paid for such their service, by the public, and also that the several sums of money in the said schedule charged for provisions, found for the use of the said militia, should be paid to the persons respectively entitled to the same, according to the said schedule; and for an encouragement to the militia of this colony to go out freely for the defence of their country in all times of danger, with a certain assurance of being paid for their services: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of this colony do, within six months after the passing of this act, pay in treasury notes, to be emitted by virtue of this act, to the several officers and private soldiers, particularly named in the said schedule, the several sums of tobacco to which they are respectively entitled, at the rate of ten shillings per hundred, and also the several sums of money charged in the said schedule, for provisions found for the use of the said militia, to the persons thereby respectively entitled to the same, and also the several tobacco claims, for provisions found for the said militia, to be discharged at one penny per pound, any thing in the acts relating to invasions and insurrections to the contrary notwithstanding. The SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. To the Militia of the County of Amelia, and for Provisions furnished by sundry Inhabitants of the said county, viz. To Richard Booker, for Provisions to Indians (£2.17.6). To Captain Henry Anderson (£31.16.0). Lieutenant Branch Tanner (£15.18.0). Ensign George Farley (£10.12.0). To Richard Craddock John Cox Serjeants (£7.2.0 each). To John Chumley Abel Man John Baldwin James Harris John Dier Robert Blanchet John Culpeper Richard Hooff William Forster Francis Smith Bryan Farguson (£5.6.0 each). To Humphrey Hendrick (£4.11.0). To William Jackson Robert Hinton Peter Burton John Appling Charles Harrison John Hendrick Frederick Reams Samuel Mann John Cooke Shem Cooke William Cannon Thomas Farguson Peter Webster Richard Farguson John Wilson James Arnold William Childre James Lockett William Abney William Hill Joseph Burgess Charles Smith William Wood William Hudson Christopher Hinton George Hasting (£5.6.0 each). To James Cheatham (£4.8.0). To Stephen Howell William Ray John Hamton William Haynes John Hammock John Minear Robert Steady John Githings Abram West John James Farley (£5.6.0 each). To Captain John Winne (£31.16.0). Lieutenant James Clark (£15.18.0). Ensign John Fitzpatrick (£10.12.0). Serjeant Robert Hall (£2.16.0). To William Ford and William Whitworth Serjeants (£7.1.4 each). Bowling Hall (£1.2.0). To Herman Thomson, serjeant, instead of Hall (£4.5.4). To Hermon Thomson, a soldier (£2.2.0). To Moses Estis John Estis Benjamin Meadows William Person Ralph Shelton William Harris Robert Hamm William Estes John Avery William Hamm James Campbell William Farguson Joseph Goodman John Brassfield Richard Fauster Robert Fauster Edward Farguson John Herman Charles Man Daniel Prisnall Thomas Wright Ambrose Cumpton Thomas Jones Joel Hurt James Hurt William Hurt John Fauster George Ridley James Rice Uriah Hawks George Moore Richard Hawks Bell Hulm John Moore Thomas Hulm Henry Clay James Hurt, jun. John Loving William Hutcherson Thomas Gunn John Harris Edward Ballard Nimrod Henson (£5.6.0 each). To James Hallis (£3.4.0). To Henry Paulin and Benjamin Parrott (£5.6.0 each). To Richard Condrow (£0.13.0). William Burgh (£0.10.0). John Harris, jun. (£5.6.0). To major Wood Jones, for carrying drafted soldiers to Fredericksburg in 1756 (£6.14.0). --------------------- Submitted by Gwen Hurst **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************